Sergey Malyutin
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Sergey Vasilyevich Malyutin (1859–1937) was Russian painter, architect and stage designer. He is credited with designing and painting the first Russian matryoshka doll
(carved by craftsman Vasily Zvyozdochkin
) in 1890.
Matryoshka doll
A matryoshka doll is a Russian nesting doll which is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter at Abramtsevo...
(carved by craftsman Vasily Zvyozdochkin
Vasily Zvyozdochkin
Vasily Petrovich Zvyozdochkin was a Russian turning craftsman, wood carver and doll maker. He is credited with making the first Russian matryoshka doll in 1890.- References :*...
) in 1890.